A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Baptists or Anabaptists in Kettering. The property 

 consisted of about 5 acres of land with a house and 

 stable. This was sold some years since and the pro- 

 ceeds invested in £523 16/. id. 5 per cent. War Stock 

 with the Official Trustees, producing ^26 3/. lOt^. 

 yearly. The trustees of the Fuller Baptist Chapel 

 were appointed trustees by scheme of the Charity 

 Commissioners dated 15 March 1918. The income 

 is applied to the general expenses of Fuller Chapel. 



Mrs. Beeby Wallis, by will proved in Prerogative 

 Court of Canterbury 6 May I Si 3, gave /400 to the 

 minister and deacons of the Particular Baptist Con- 

 gregation upon trust to apply the interest yearly as 

 to £2 los. to the minister for preaching occasionally 

 in neighbouring villages, £2 I0.r. in Bibles and hymn 

 books for poor of congregation, £^ to poor of congre- 

 gation, ;^4 10^. in repair of Meeting House and residue 

 for minister. The money was invested in Consols, 

 which were sold in 1897, and the proceeds, £^SS '■'•1 

 after being placed on mortgage were subsequently 

 invested in £480 lys. ~d. 5 per cent. War Stock, with 

 the Official Trustees, producing ^24 oj. 10(/. yearlv. In 

 1924 £16 los. was placed to the general fund of 

 Fuller Chapel, £2 IQS. to the Hymn Book and Bible 

 Fund, and ^^5 was distributed to the poor. 



Thomas Gotch, by his will proved in the Preroga- 

 tive Court of Canterbury 12 March 1806, gave ;£loo 

 to the minister and deacons of the Baptist Meeting 

 upon trust to distribute the interest among the poor 

 of the congregation. The money was placed on mort- 

 gage, but was subsequently invested in £170 los. 8J. 

 Consols standing in the names of William Timpson 

 and three others. The dividends, ^^4 5;. yearly, are 

 distributed to tlie poor. 



Mary Marlowe, by her will proved in the Prerogative 

 Court of Canterbury 13 March 1779, gave to trustees 

 ;{^I50, part of ^^,900 3 per cent. Bank Annuities, 

 towards tiic support of the minister of the Particular 

 Baptists at Kettering, and £co 3 per cent. Bank An- 

 nuities to the poor members of the congregation. At 

 her death there was not suflicient property for the 

 trustees to execute her will, and the money was put 

 into Chancery. In 1787 the share for this charity 

 was fixed at ^^l 8.r. The capital is invested in Consols 

 and the trustees now pay 17s. 4d. for the minister and 

 5/. \od. for the poor. 



Elizabeth Seward, by her will dated 2 June 1753, 

 gave to trustees j^400 South Sea Annuities upon trust 

 to pay the interest to the ministers of the four con- 

 grcgationsof Particular Baptistsof Bolton of the Water, 

 Alcester, Leicester and Kettering. The capital is in 

 Consols, and the sum now received for Kettering is 

 £'i IS. lod. yearly. 



Mrs. Agnes Percival, by her will proved 24 March 

 1917, gave /I400 to the trustees of the London Road 

 Congregational Church upon trust to apply the 

 interest in religious work in connection with the 

 chapel. The money was invested in ^^411 18/. lod. 

 5 per cent. War Stock with the Ollicial Trustees of 

 Charitable Funds producing ^^20 i2j. yearly in 

 dividends. 



William Wilson, by his will proved at Oxford, 

 June, 1928, gave /^loo in augmentation of Agnes 



Percival's charit)'. £q6 l8s. 5 per cent. War Stock 

 was purchased by the Oificial Trustees of Charitable 

 Funds and produces ^^4 i6s. lod. per annum. 



Mrs. C. Arnsbv, by her will proved at Peterborough 

 12 March 1912, bequeathed the residue of her estate 

 to the trustees of the Strict Baptist Church Jehovah 

 Shalom, Wadcroft, for the benefit of the church. 

 The endowment consists of ;^4lo loi. Gd. 3J per cent. 

 War Stock and ^^81 3;. T,d. 5 per cent. War Stock in 

 names of D. E. Rootham and two others, and pro- 

 duces £\i 8/. 4J. yearly in dividends. The income 

 is placed to the church incidental fund. 



The Wicksteed Village Trust is comprised in an 

 indenture dated 29 Jan. 1916. 181 acres of land, 

 known as Barton Seagrave Suburb Estate, used as a 

 public park, and 41 acres called the Pebbleford 

 Building Estate, were granted to trustees for the 

 amelioration of the conditions of the working classes 

 in and near the town of Kettering and elsewhere in 

 the LInited Kingdom, by the provision of improved 

 dwellings with gardens, etc. In 1924 ^^8,119 i6s. jd. 

 was received from sale of turf, loam, gravel, refresh- 

 ments, farm sales, etc. 



Tiie following legacies were left for the endow- 

 ment fund of the Kettering and District General 

 Hospital : — 



Miss Laura Rebecca Morris. Will proved 27 Aug. 

 1908; gavCj^iooasan addition to the endowment fund. 

 This sum has, with other monies, been invested in 

 /]65o Dominion of Canada 3J per cent. Stock in the 

 names of F. Mobbs and three others. 



The Rev. Cecil Henry Maunsell. Will proved 

 23 Dec. 191 1, gave /l,ooo. The legacy, less duty, 

 was invested with other monies in £550 Glasgow 

 Corporation 3 per cent. Stock and ;^6o7 L. & N.W.R. 

 3 per cent. Deb. Stock. 



Mrs. Mary Ann Brown. Will proved 12 April 191 1, 

 gave ;^20. This was invested in Glasgow Corporation 

 3 per cent. Stock, and forms part of the above- 

 mentioned sum of ;^55o.*' 



Sir Edward Nicolls, by his will proved in the Pre- 

 rogative Court of Canterbury, 17 |uly 1717, gave land 

 situate at Haslebeech, Sulby, Hardwick, Old, Wil- 

 barston, and Walgrave, amounting altogether to about 

 593 acres, to trustees upon trust to pay out of the 

 income thereof ^^30 yearly to each of the incumbents 

 of the following parislies — namely, Northampton All 

 Saints, Kettering, Rothwell, Oundlc, Hardwick, 

 Mouhon, Cjuilsborough and Spralton, and he directed 

 that the residue of the income siiould be applied to 

 charitable uses at the discretion of the trustees. The 

 land has been sold and the proceeds invested in 

 /i,6o8 11/. jd. Consols and £15,900 ijs. ^d. 4 per 

 cent. Funding Stock with the Official Trustees of 

 Charitable Funds, producing £(>j6 \s. Sd. yearly in 

 dividends. Each of tiic respective incumbents re- 

 ceives a cheque yearly for£30, and the residue is applied 

 in special grants varying from j^20 to j^30 to other 

 incumbents and in donations to hospitals. 



•' There .Trc Bcvcr.Tl other legacies mentioned in the yearly 

 report of the Ilotpital, but information concerning them has 

 not been obtained. 



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